02 HTML Creating HTML Documents
02 HTML Creating HTML Documents
Organization and naming conventions are important for linking a file referencing,
and for updating the Web materials.
You can organize you Web site files such as your HTML documents and images
in several ways. Organizing your files will hell you when linking to other related
files within your site, thereby avoiding the possibility of broken links due to non-
systematic linking system.
♦ Hierarchical
A hierarchical structure is organized with all the pages branching off from
the main page; in other words, sub pages and so forth follow multiple
pages. This is the structure most commonly used by Web developers.
♦ Linear
Linear structure organizes folders in a particular order, A visitor to you site
can move from one page to the next, but cannot jump to other pages. This
can be very frustrating, and makes the Web site very difficult to navigate.
This type of structure might be useful if you want to provide step-by-step
instruction on how to request a brochure, for example.
♦ Webbed
Though Webbed is a new type of structure, many Web sites have adopted
it. It offers visitors several paths to a site. It is highly unorganized and not
recommended unless it is necessary. However, a webbed structure is
As complex and advanced as Web design might seem the tools of the trade are
rather simple. In fact, you probably have the basic tools it takes to create Web
pages on your computer.
♦ Web Editors
HTML document can be created with HTML editors such as Microsoft
Front Page. Web editors allow you to create a Web page in a drag-and-
drop environment, as it would display in a Web browser. Some Web
developer prefers this, since it eliminates the need to manually code every
HTML command.
♦ Web Browser
This is the software you use to display resources and information that
exists on the World Wide Web, in the form of images, text and hypertext
links. The most common browsers are Netscape and Internet Explorer. In
fact, it's a good idea to keep more than one browser around for testing
purposes.
♦ Web Server
A web server is a computer on the Internet that contains Web pages. Web
pages are really files that contain coding called HTML. You can use any
computer, as long as you're using a Windows-based PC, a Macintosh, or
a UNIX box, and it's connected to the Internet, you can set your machine
up as a Web server.
♦ Graphic Tool
You can use nay type of graphic tool that has the capability to open and
edit the most preferred image on the Web, which is gif and jpg. You can
When a user enters a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) in the address bar in
a web browser and logs on to a specific server, the server searches for the
default file name and when the default file name is located, it is “served” to the
viewer. The default file is typically the main page (home page) of the Web site.
The home page is designed to be the entry point to every Web site, which is
why you want to use your server’s default file name as you home page name.
Each server has its own naming conventions when it comes to the default file
name. This file name is usually called “index.htm” (.html) or “default.htm”
(.html).